Governor Ivey and the Alabama Department of Health held a press conference today to announce an updated "Safer at Home" order. The new order will go into effect on Friday, May 22nd at 5pm. Highlights of the order include:
|| NEW UPDATES ||
- ENTERTAINMENT VENUES - SUCH AS ARCADES, THEATERS, BOWLING ALLEYS - Open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
- ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES - Practice allowed on May 23; competition allowed on June 15; all subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
- EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS - Open on June 1 subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
- CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES - Open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
- SUMMER CAMP - Open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
|| WHAT’S STAYING THE SAME ||
- INDIVIDUALS- Encouraged to stay home and follow good sanitation practices
- EMPLOYERS - Businesses may open subject to sanitation and social-distancing guidelines
- RETAIL STORES - All retail stores open subject to 50% occupancy rate, social-distancing and sanitation rules
- MEDICAL PROCEDURES - Allowed unless prohibited in the future by the State Health Officer to preserve resources necessary to diagnose and treat COVID-19; providers must follow COVID-19-related rules and guidance from state regulatory boards or public health authorities
- SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS - Regular programming still suspended except meals still available through curbside pick-up or delivery
- HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES - Still must implement policies to restrict visitation
- NON-WORK GATHERINGS - Still required to maintain 6 feet of distance between persons not from same household
- RESTAURANTS, BARS AND BREWERIES - May open with limited table seating, 6 feet between tables and subject to additional sanitation rules and guidelines
- ATHLETIC FACILITIES - SUCH AS FITNESS CENTERS AND COMMERCIALGYMS - Athletic facilities may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
- CLOSE CONTACT SERVICE PROVIDERS - Close-contact service providers (such as barber shops, hair salons, nail salons, tattoo services) may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines
- BEACHES - Open with no limit on gatherings. Must maintain 6 feet of separation.
This latest order shall remain in effect until 5pm on July 3rd, 2020.